My friend Vicki Martin, who has died aged 86, worked in social care for many years before becoming a social work assessor operating across the whole of Wales. Vicki’s life embodied social justice and the importance of investing in better futures for everyone.
After starting out in the field as a support worker for people with learning disabilities at Bryn y Neuadd hospital, Llanfairfechan, in the 1970s, Vicki was a maternity unit social worker at St David’s hospital, Bangor, in the 80s, and then an assessor in the 90s. For the duration of her working life, Vicki was a volunteer counsellor for the bereavement charity Cruse, co-running the Menai Bridge group until it was closed down during the initial Covid-19 lockdown.
